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UPL 16604
Destroyed B-17s litter the field at Poltava, Ukraine after an unopposed German air strike the night of June 21-22, 1944.
452nd Bomb Group collection
452nd Bomb Group Assoc.
Delivered Cheyenne 13/2/44; Rapid City 3/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 1/5/44; no ops, transferred 452BG Deopham Green 2/5/44; dest by enemy aircraft Poltava with Lt Jackson 21/6/44; Salvaged Russia 2/7/44.
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- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Eastern Command Headquarters (ESCOM)